Amanda Cropp
Green among the vines
Waipara Valley winemakers are reclaiming some of the diverse native vegetation once lost to the thousands of hectares of grapes. By Amanda Cropp.
Springfree reinvents the trampoline
Keith Alexander's Springfree trampoline goes global
Through the crossroads
Talk about turning the corner: a major illness turned hairdresser Rebecca Herring into an artist and then a fashion designer. By Amanda Cropp.
Areograph: Picture perfect
Amanda Cropp meets the snap-happy team behind Areograph
Natural History New Zealand: The wild bunch
Natural History New Zealand has been doing it for decades
Deconstruction
One-blade wonder
The Powerhouse Wind Thinair turbine is a radical new design for domestic wind generation
The tourist tax
Concerns about souvenir rip-offs have led to a Commerce Commission investigation of dietary supplements favoured by Chinese tourists. The possibility of legal action under the Fair Trading Act comes after Tourism New Zealand discovered visitors were paying up to four times the going price for some health products.
Kiwi or kitsch? A look at the NZ souvenir industry
New Zealand pitches itself as a tourism hotspot. But when it comes time for our guests to leave, what kinds of souvenirs do they have to remember us?
Creative cousins the Allisons keep it close to home
Cousins Celia and Caro Allison have a lot in common. A cartoonist and a fashion design respectively, they both trained at Wellington Polytechnic, live and work in Lyttelton, drive silver Toyota Caribs and are obsessive recyclers. But most of all, finds Amanda Cropp, they’re both deeply committed to
